TommyDrums Tommaso Monopoli

Born in Rome (Italy) in 1956, began to interested music in the first 70's,do the first steps studying drums, my first group was formed by me - drums,Umberto Fiorentino - guitar (now great protagonist of Italian jazz and not only),Riccardo del Fra, double bass (currently director of Jazz Department of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris,France (CNSMDP)),Enrico Orsini - Trumpet and Adriano Mordenti - Tenor Sax.Then, the guitar for the "singer" .. typical of ... I subscribe (80's)to SIAE (Italian Copyright Office) and write a little bit of pop for almost italiangroup (Milk & Coffee and Santarosa).I now enjoy playing classic jazz and contemporary,my reference points are many, including: Keith Jarrett, John Scoffield, Pat Metheny .... and many Italian musicians like Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Enrico Pieranunzi and others, as well as most traditional Davis, Coltrane, Shorter, Monk, J. Henderson and thousands of others. among my favorite modern drummers Jack De Johnette, Bill Stewart, Brian Blade, Steve Smith, Antonio Sanchez ........